The rise of artificial intelligence is transforming our societies, permeating an ever-expanding array of domains ranging from finance to employment or healthcare. Public regulators, too, increasingly rely on machine learning techniques in the discharge of regulatory tasks - for instance, in prioritising regulatory targets for regulatory attention and/or enforcement, in areas as varied as enviro…
The creative industries, and particularly our UK Music industry, are perceived as healthy, resilient and strong. However, with the ongoing policy changes in secondary and higher education, as well as the continued cuts to council budgets and the ongoing lack of commitment to wealth distribution and even investment in the whole nation, this golden era of the creative industries in the UK may not…
This chapter investigates and unravels the extent and drivers of Turkey’s external differentiated integration with the EU in the field of border management. While Turkey’s EU accession negotiations remain in a state of coma, there is a continuing need for policy convergence and alignment in areas of common interest such as migration governance. With a view to combat irregular migration, the…
This handbook addresses a growing list of challenges faced by regions and cities in the Pacific;Rim, drawing connections around the what, why, and how questions that are fundamental;to sustainable development policies and planning practices. These include the connection;between cities and surrounding landscapes, across different boundaries and scales; the persistence;of environmental and develo…
Bioenergy is renewable energy obtained from biomass—any organic material that has stored sunlight in the form of chemical energy. Biogas is among the biofuels that can be obtained from biomass resources, including biodegradable wastes like manure, sewage sludge, the organic fraction of municipal solid wastes, slaughterhouse waste, crop residues, and more recently lignocellulosic biomass and a…
Arteriovenous fistulas are shunts between arteries and veins that can be found in many organs of the human body such as the brain, skin, eye and lung. These lesions can be symptomatic by causing ischemia, through the process of the steal phenomenon, or vascular congestion and subsequent hemorrhage, eg. intracerebral hemorrhage of a ruptured dural arteriovenous fistula. The etiology of these les…
Buku ini akan sangat relevan bagi mahasiswa Fakultas Teknologi Pertanian (FTP), khususnya program studi Teknologi Hasil Pertanian, serta mahasiswa Biologi (FMIPA). Karena topiknya mengenai "Bacteriocins" (seperti Nisin), buku ini juga berkaitan erat dengan riset bioteknologi. Selain itu, buku ini merupakan kompilasi artikel ilmiah komprehensif yang berfokus pada pemanfaatan kultur pelindung (pr…
This open access book presents a catalogue of over one thousand indicators which can be used by cities' public administrators to monitor and evaluate social innovation action plans to support people-centred, collaborative or co-designed solutions to lower carbon emissions. Indicators are clustered according to a framework of social innovation solutions for climate neutrality at city level, deve…
*Sains Material dalam Konservasi Warisan Budaya: Menyingkap Tabir Sejarah melalui Analisis Teknis. Penerapan teknik tingkat lanjut dalam studi material kuno telah membuka cakrawala pengetahuan baru mengenai artefak artistik dan historis, yang secara fundamental berkontribusi pada upaya konservasi dan restorasi. Dalam konteks ini, sains material memegang peranan krusial; teknik ilmiah yang dikem…
The role of soils for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals is multifarious. Soils are the essential basis for food and biomass provision in support of food security (SDG 2) and energy security (SDG 7). Soil carbon sequestration is paramount for climate action (SDG 13). Soil-mediated water purification and retention, nutrient and matter cycling, and soils habitat functions are essential f…